ISO 140001 Certification

I've seen it accepted on a 2.2 project, and think the GC (Skanska) has earned it on other projects.

Kathy, as part of the required documentation for IDP Pilot Credit 5 for a V3 project, I uploaded my LEEDuser account info, and we ultimately earned the credit. Does that help? John Albrecht

Yes, Skanska did use it on a few projects a few years ago. However, GBCI began to question this about 2 years ago on a 2009 project. The opinion at the time was that certification was good, but it did not necessarily translate to better effort in the field, everytime, and that best-practices were catching up to the standard. I am unsure about their effort to use their 15001 certification, but my sense is that this will not be sufficient enough to meet an ID credit by itself either.

I was at Skanska at those times. While i did not work directly on that particular issue, my colleagues Jamie and Myrrh did (if those are your contacts). I can share their contact info off line if you wish - robert.phinney@hdrinc.com

Has anyone had any luck with the ID credit if the building owner is ISO 14001 certified?

i am curious about this, too. I have a project with Myrrh, currently. She mentioned 14001 and said they had earned it before, that she had not had any issues with getting it accepted, but that she had heard GBCI had begun questioning it at some point. We have this strategy in our list, but can substitute it out for a different strategy, if needed. Just curious if anyone has tried it recently. Our construction won't be complete anytime soon, so it'll be a while before we are able to submit and test it.

I can't site a specific project, but here is the guidance from an NCv2.1 CIR: LEED‐NC v2.1 IDc1.4 CIR ruling dated 7/10/03. The CIR states: "The use of ISO 14001 certified management firm for the project may qualify as an innovation credit if the environmental merits are appropriately documented and shown to be above and beyond the current scope of LEED credits. The project should, at a minimum, address the following issues in the application submittal: 1) Describe the ISO 14001 Standards. 2) Describe the implementation process for requiring an ISO 14001 certified firm to oversee the construction of the project. 3) Quantify the environmental benefits achieved by the project through the use of and ISO 14001 certified firm as opposed to utilizing a standard non‐certified firm. Provide executive summaries of the audit reports mentioned in your proposal. 4) Demonstrate practices that were implemented during the construction of the project that can set a level of achievement for future projects wishing to pursue this credit. 5) Describe environmental benefits that are not already addressed by existing LEED credits such as Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Construction Waste Management, Construction IAQ Management, Building Commissioning, and others.”

Reposting this question since it has come up for a LEEDv4 project I'm working on. Has anyone received guidance on whether this is an acceptable Innovation strategy for LEEDv4 projects? 

David, do you have any thoughts if this credit is still available for LEED v4 as an innovation credit or under MR: Building Product & Optimization, material ingredients: option3. Thanks,

Hi Helene, Did you ever get a response?  It has just come up on a project I'm working on - LEEDID+C Commercial v4.